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Is Jaffa Jonuts ultra-processed?

4 x 43 g Chocolate cakes Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Jaffa Jonuts

Yes, it's ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

  • 46 ingredients
  • 19 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed chocolate cakes

Less processed isn't automatically healthier, so compare the labels for what matters to you, such as sugar or salt.

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Orange Filling 21% (Sugar, Water, Glucose Syrup, Dextrose, Invert Sugar Syrup, Concentrated Orange Juice, Pectin, Citric Acid, Sodium Citrates, Natural Orange Flavouring, Potassium Sorbate, Paprika Extract), Wheat Flour, Dark Chocolate 14% (Sugar, Cocoa Mass, Vegetable Fats (Palm, Shea), Butter Oil, Cocoa Butter, Soya Lecithin, e476, Natural Flavouring), Water, Sugar, Vegetable Oil (Sunflower Vegetable Oil), Glycerine, Sorbitol, Glucose Syrup, Whole Egg, Starch, Whey, e481, e477, e471, e475, Disodium Diphosphate, Sodium Bicarbonate, Salt, Natural Orange Flavouring, Invert Sugar Syrup, Sorbic Acid, Potassium Sorbate

Additives: E160c Paprika extract , E200 Sorbic acid , E202 Potassium sorbate , E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E330 Citric acid , E331 Sodium citrates , E420 Sorbitol , E422 Glycerol , E440 Pectins , E450 Diphosphates , E450i Disodium diphosphate , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids , E475 Polyglycerol esters of fatty acids , E476 Polyglycerol polyricinoleate , E477 Propane-1‚2-diol esters of fatty acids , E481 Sodium stearoyl-2-lactylate , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate

As written on the pack

Orange Flavoured Filling 21% (Sugar, Water, Glucose Syrup, Dextrose, Invert Sugar Syrup, Concentrated Orange Juice, Stabiliser (Pectin), Acidity Regulators (Citric Acid, Sodium Citrates), Natural Orange Flavouring, Preservative (Potassium Sorbate), Colour (Paprika Extract)), Wheat Flour, Dark Chocolate 14% (Sugar, Cocoa Mass, Vegetable Fats (Palm, Shea), Butter Oil (Milk), Cocoa Butter, Emulsifiers (Soya Lecithin, E476), Natural Flavouring), Water, Sugar, Vegetable Oil (Sunflower), Humectants (Glycerine, Sorbitol), Glucose Syrup, Whole Egg, Starch, Dried Whey (Milk), Emulsifiers (E481, E477, E471, E475), Raising Agents (Disodium Diphosphate, Sodium Bicarbonate), Salt, Natural Orange Flavouring, Invert Sugar Syrup, Preservatives (Sorbic Acid, Potassium Sorbate).

What makes it ultra-processed

Cosmetic additives

Added to change how the food looks, feels or tastes, not to keep it safe. A hallmark of ultra-processed food.

  • E160c Paprika extract Paprika extract is a red-orange colour extracted from paprika peppers.
  • E322 Lecithins Lecithins are fatty substances extracted mostly from soybeans, sunflower seeds or eggs, used as emulsifiers to keep fat and water mixed, for example in chocolate.
  • E420 Sorbitol Sorbitol is a sugar alcohol used as a sweetener and to keep products moist.
  • E422 Glycerol Glycerol is a sweet-tasting liquid used to keep products moist and soft.
  • E440 Pectins Pectins are gelling agents extracted from citrus peel or apple pomace.
  • E450 Diphosphates Diphosphates are phosphate salts used as raising agents in baking powder, and to hold water in processed meats and cheese.
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Substances rarely used in home kitchens

Refined or extracted in factories, such as syrups made from starch or isolated proteins. The other hallmark of ultra-processed food.

  • Dextrose Dextrose is pure glucose crystallised from starch-derived syrup.
  • Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • Glucose syrup Glucose syrup is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • Invert sugar Invert sugar is ordinary sugar split into glucose and fructose with acid or enzymes.
  • Whey Whey is the liquid left over from cheese making, usually dried into a powder and used as a cheap source of milk solids, protein and lactose.
7 ingredients that would only make it processed

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

  • E202 Potassium sorbate Preservatives are substances which prolong the shelf-life of foods by protecting them against deterioration caused by micro-organisms and/or which protect against growth of pathogenic micro-organisms.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Vegetable fat Vegetable fats are oils that are solid at room temperature, such as palm or coconut fat.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
  • Sweet snacks Products in the category "Sweet snacks" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 67 chocolate cakes

From least to most processed, this one ranks 65th. 97% of the chocolate cakes here are ultra-processed.

Ranked by NOVA group, then by the number of ultra-processing signs, additives and ingredients. Our ordering, not part of NOVA.

All 67 chocolate cakes, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000168027395, last edited 19 September 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
  • Photo: Open Food Facts contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • The NOVA group is an automated estimate from crowdsourced data: a missing or mistyped ingredient can change it.
  • NOVA measures processing, not nutrition. For nutrition, Open Food Facts gives this product a Nutri-Score of E (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.